---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-015356"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:22:56.216578+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma Q1 EPS $3.50 beats; comp sales +9.5%; record $500M+ buyback; reaffirms FY outlook

## Summary
- Q1 comparable brand revenue +9.5% YoY (49.9% 2-year); Pottery Barn +14.6%, West Elm +12.8%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $3.50, up 20.7% YoY; non-GAAP EPS $3.50, up 19.5%.
- Gross margin 43.8% (+80bps); operating margin 17.1% (+140bps GAAP).
- Operating cash flow $185M; repurchased over $500M in shares; paid $58M in dividends.
- Reaffirms FY2022 guidance: mid-to-high single digit comps; operating margin relatively flat vs FY2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-015356
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022015356/0001628280-22-015356-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022015356/wsm-20220525.htm

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